CVE-2026-7337: Type Confusion in Google Chrome
Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.138 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a type confusion bug in the V8 engine used by Google Chrome. An attacker can exploit this flaw by delivering a specially crafted HTML page that triggers the type confusion, enabling arbitrary code execution inside the sandbox environment. The issue affects Chrome versions before 147.0.7727.138. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with network attack vector and low attack complexity. The vendor advisory confirms a stable channel update that includes a fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the sandboxed environment of the Chrome browser. This can lead to full compromise of the browser process, potentially allowing further attacks on the host system or user data. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system components.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official fix in Chrome version 147.0.7727.138. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-7337: Type Confusion in Google Chrome
Description
Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.138 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a type confusion bug in the V8 engine used by Google Chrome. An attacker can exploit this flaw by delivering a specially crafted HTML page that triggers the type confusion, enabling arbitrary code execution inside the sandbox environment. The issue affects Chrome versions before 147.0.7727.138. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with network attack vector and low attack complexity. The vendor advisory confirms a stable channel update that includes a fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the sandboxed environment of the Chrome browser. This can lead to full compromise of the browser process, potentially allowing further attacks on the host system or user data. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system components.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official fix in Chrome version 147.0.7727.138. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-28T20:02:34.388Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 69f13d70cbff5d8610e35436
Added to database: 4/28/2026, 11:06:24 PM
Last enriched: 5/6/2026, 1:58:38 AM
Last updated: 6/13/2026, 9:18:13 AM
Views: 64
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